Jose Mourinho is football’s marmite man. But whether you love him or loathe him, you can’t deny that when it comes to being an absolute b*stard, he’s one of the best around.
Whether it be in a press conference, on the touchline or in a laundry basket, the Roma boss has ruffled feathers wherever he’s gone.
Here are nine occasions that earned him his reputation for rubbing people up the wrong way.
Sprinting into the spotlight at Old Trafford
Where to begin? Well, at the beginning, of course. In 2004, Mourinho was a 41-year-old yet to manage outside of Portugal. He had won a league title and UEFA Cup with Porto but was not yet known around the world. And then he showed up in Manchester.
His side had won the first leg of the Champions League knockout tie 2-1 but were on the verge of being knocked out on away goals after Paul Scholes gave United the lead at Old Trafford.
Then, in the 90th minute, Costinha slotted in a rebound to send his team through and his manager mental.
Mourinho quickly jumped from his seat to sprint down the touchline with his hands in the air, past Fergie and his staff, past the United fans and to his players. He would go on to lead Porto to Champions League glory, but this was the moment he arrived on the world stage.
Lying in the laundry
Mourinho’s eccentric antics continued in his first season at Chelsea. After losing the first leg of a tie against Barcelona 2-1, the Special One claimed he had seen opposition manager Frank Rijkaard enter the referee’s room at half-time. This turned out to be complete bullsh*t and Jose, who was branded an “enemy of football” for the incident, was given a stadium ban for the next two games.
The ban was in effect for the quarter-final against Bayern Munich, and it was believed that he was watching the first leg from a leisure centre near Stamford Bridge. Again, complete bullsh*t.
It has since emerged that Jose was snuck into the dressing room for the pre-match and half-time team talks in a laundry basket and was passing notes to his staff throughout the game via his goalkeeping coach. No, we’re not joking.
Pitch invasions at Camp Nou
The 2010-11 season was not only arguably Mourinho’s best as a manager to date but also the provider of arguably his greatest moment too.
His Inter Milan team had beaten Barcelona 3-1 at San Siro in the Champions League semi-final first leg but had a huge task on their hands when Thiago Motta was sent off early at Camp Nou.
Mourinho produced a…
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